Taiwan authorities have accused OnePlus CEO Pete Lau of orchestrating an illegal hiring network that recruited more than 70 Taiwanese engineers since 2014. Read more ›
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Microsoft confirms that the company will pay utility rates high enough to cover its power costs and work with local utilities to expand supply when needed for its data centres. Read more ›
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On 2 August 2027 a total solar eclipse delivers the centuries longest totality at six minutes twenty three seconds plunging midday into twilight across Spain North Africa and the Middle East. Read more ›
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X (formerly Twitter) experienced a widespread outage on January 13, leaving users in the US and several other countries unable to access the platform or use key features. Read more ›
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X down for thousands globally as users report errors loading posts Read more ›
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Google is reportedly shifting its manufacturing and production of flagship Pixel devices to Vietnam. According to the reports, the development of lower-end Pixel A series remains in China for now. Read more ›
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Nasa's ultimate mission to discover if life exists on Mars has been effectively cancelled. A new US spending bill released this week backs the White House’s move to end the costly programme, which has been on life support for months. Read more ›
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OpenAI's first AI-hardware project is likely to be Apple AirPods competitor. A new leak suggests that the company is working on a special audio hardware, powered by ChatGPT. Read more ›
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Meta announced Monday (January 12) that former Trump administration official Dina Powell McCormick is joining the company as its president and vice chairman. The United States president called her ‘fantastic, and very talented, person’. With over a decade of experience in global finance, Powell McCormick will help guide the overall strategy of Facebook’s owner company Read more ›
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Soaring AI data centre demand is overwhelming US power grids, sparking a clash between Big Tech and grid operators over energy access and reliability. Read more ›
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Flipkart’s Republic Day Sale makes Apple’s latest flagship more affordable, with discounts and bank offers bringing the iPhone 17 down to Rs 74,999. Check the offer here. Read more ›
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A new app has taken China by storm, becoming the most downloaded paid app in the country. The rather morbidly named ‘Are You Dead’ app checks in on a user every two days. If you don’t click on a button to confirm you are alive, a notification is sent to your emergency contact. The technology has triggered debate about loneliness and living alone in the Asian country Read more ›
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Meta is planning to slash around 10 per cent work force of its Reality Labs division. The pink slips are expected to be announced this week. Read more ›
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Google has signed a multi-year deal with Apple to power the iPhone maker’s upcoming AI features. Following the announcement, Alphabet becomes the fourth company to hit the $4 trillion milestone after Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple. Read more ›
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Under the new partnership, Apple will use Google’s Gemini models as the foundation for its in-house AI systems, known as Apple Foundation Models. These models will underpin the upcoming Apple Intelligence suite, including the smarter and more capable Siri that the company has been promising since WWDC 2024. Read more ›
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Meta will exempt Italy from its planned WhatsApp ban on rival AI chatbots after an order from the country’s antitrust regulator. The EU is conducting a separate investigation without interim action. Read more ›
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The development comes after an investigation reportedly found that people were being given harmful and misleading information by Google’s AI for some searches. Google is the world’s biggest search engine, with a market share of around 91 per cent. The health overviews are powered by its Gemini AI, which is also its main large-language model (LLM) Read more ›
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Sergio Gor, the new United States ambassador to India, said on Monday (January 12) that Washington will invite India to join Pax Silica next month. The US-led grouping aims to safeguard the silicon supply chain, including critical minerals, semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI). It also wants to cut reliance on China for critical minerals, chips, and AI needs Read more ›
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Nothing has confirmed that its very first global flagship store will debut in India. While the details are still under wraps, it is safe to assume that the store will go live in the next few months. Read more ›
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As California weighs a proposed wealth tax on billionaires, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have begun scaling back their presence in the state. Dozens of their business entities have moved or become inactive, and major investments have shifted elsewhere. Some reports say they may even leave the state Read more ›
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